Future City Creek Center - Salt Lake City, Utah - A shopping and residential district under construction near Temple Square

The future City Creek Center is a mixed-use development project that will be located in downtown Salt Lake City near Temple Square. The project is being managed by Property Reserve, Inc, which is the commercial real-estate branch of the LDS Church, as well as, Taubman Centers, Inc.

The City Creek Center will have both retail, and residential space; in addition the development calls for a green area of streams and foliage lined sidewalks. When finished by the year 2012, the center will encompass a total of 20 acres and be one of several redevelopment projects to be completed in the city.

Similar to the Gateway District, the City Creek Center will feature an open air, shopping district. Like many new malls of this type, it is designed to attract pedestrian traffic in an open-air type of environment. The future City Creek Center will feature multilevel sidewalks, as well as 6 acres of green space that will include fountains, and a stream. As this area will be divided by Main Street, there is a skyway planned to link the two blocks together.

Transportation to the City Creek Center will be provided by the Trax rail system, in addition there will be large underground parking garages that will provide easy access to the new shopping and residential district.

Two major department stores, Nordstrom and Macy's will be located in the center. In addition to these main retail stores, there are likely to be several midsized stores, as well as small and specialty stores.

The City Creek Center will also feature several office locations, some of these locations such as the nearby Beneficial Financial Group Tower will be absorbed into the center, while additional office towers will be added to the development.

There has been some speculation that this location may also house the Global Exchange Place, which will be the major location that Utahans will do international business. The new building will be used to house government and nonprofit economic development agencies as well as private sector international service providers in a centralized location.

The residential sector of the City Creek Center is designed for 300 unites that will include condominiums and apartments that will be housed in five residential towers. One of these towers is expected to be around 35 stories tall.

In July of 2008 many of the underground parking garages were complete and construction started on the residential towers and the building that will house the Nordstrom Department Store.

Though there has been much controversy about the City Creek Center redevelopment project, the LDS Church and Salt Lake City have received a great deal of backing for taking the initiative to revitalize the downtown area into a center for both culture, and commerce.